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First Minister honours RUC’s fallen heroes

Published 21/10/2016- Courtesy of BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

First Minister Arlene Foster has described a visit to the Memorial Garden to fallen police officers as an “incredibly poignant and personal experience”.

The DUP leader received a tour of the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation Garden at Brooklyn in East Belfast.

 It was created as a tribute to policing in Northern Ireland and in particular to the service and sacrifice of RUC officers.

Photos courtesy of Kelvin Boyd -Press Eye

ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY GEORGE CROSS FOUNDATION TRANING DAY AT MOUNT STEWART

This year the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation’s annual Training Day was held on Wednesday 12th October in the grounds of Mount Stewart, a magnificent National Trust property situated at the northern shores of Strangford Lough.

Thirty Foundation volunteers along with the office staff enjoyed, on a beautiful autumnal day, a guided tour of the Gardens and the House, and some of the more energetic then took part of the afternoon to explore the newly opened trails around the extensive

Annual Report 1314

RUC GC Foundation Annual Report 13/14

Robert (Roy) Black’s definitive work covering the Honours and Medals awarded to the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC from its formation in 1922 to its incorporation into the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2001 will be on sale from 2nd June.

The Royal Ulster Constabulary GC is intrinsically linked to the turbulent history of Northern Ireland and will be judged by future generations as to the part it played in this history on the facts and how they are presented. One of the yardsticks available for this judgement will be the

The 2016 RUC GC Day Church service was held on Sunday 5^th June in Enniskillen Methodist Church, 12 Darling Street, Enniskillen, BT74 7EW  at 15.30 hrs.

Some 37,000 people have visited the Memorial Garden since it was opened in September 2003.

A request for planning permission for the new Policing Museum was submitted in December 2014.